Dreamy Dragonfly......

I have wanted to do a girly card using our Build Your Own (BYO) Dragonfly stamp set for a while as I always seem to grab that set when I am doing a blokes card, crazy I know! 

I am soooooo pleased I did this card as I think it has turned out really well! And the best part is it took longer to dry the ink than it did to make the card!!!!!!!!

To make this card I started by cutting a piece of white card  6 by 6 inch square I then covered it in Tattered Rose Distress Stain working left to right to make sure I got lines across the page. I get a bit carried away using my Distress Stains so my piece of card was soaking lol! So I then dried it off using my heat tool.

When the card was dry I stamped the dragonfly randomly over the card in a darker pink ink. Once I was happy with the background I cut the piece of white card into four, 3 by 3 inch squares. Next I laid them out making sure I mixed up the pieces so that no matching pieces were next to each other. Once I was happy with how it looked I lined the pieces up in the middle and tacked them down with a piece of low tac tape on the edges. Next I stamped the dragonfly in brown ink making sure that the dragonfly covered all four squares, then removed the tape. Around all of the edges of the four squares I distressed them in a brown ink.

Next I cut another piece of white card this time 7 by 7 inch square onto this I stuck the four pieces of card making sure the brown dragonfly remained "together".  Into each of the outer corners I added a large brad and tied some cream ribbon across the bottom of the card. This was then mounted onto an 8 by 8 inch square Kraft Card.

To finish off the card I added two pink hat pins.

I said this was a quick card, it takes about 10 minutes to do! And if you didn't want to make a large card  you could always make this card using the Baby Dragonfly on a 6 by 6 inch square card! 

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Father's Day

I know it is a little late but last Sunday we finally got around to celebrating Fathers Days! Here are the cards I made for my Dad and Father in Law.

For this card I used the Build Your Own (BYO) Dragonfly stamp set I love how versatile the BYO sets are they allow you to stamp either the dragonfly or butterfly in any flying position you can think off!

To make this card I started by cutting a background piece of card 1cm smaller than a DL card. I then splodged yellow, green and blue Distress Ink onto my glass cutting mat then spritzed it. Once the ink was really runny I pushed the card into making sure the majority of the card was covered. I then spritzed and repeated for the second card. As you can from the picture above one turned out much darker (bottom) that was the first one I did. I then dried them both using a heat gun.

Once the back ground was dry I stamped the branch from On the Branch along the bottom in brown Distress Ink (I first stamped onto scrap paper after inking so that I got a faded effect!). I then stamped one of the skinny wings from BYO Dragonfly to make the tops of the Bulrushes (again I stamped onto scrap paper first!). Once I was happy with the Bulrushes I distressed around the edge.

I then stamped "With Love On Father's Day" in the bottom right corner using the new sentiments sets from Dimension Stamps (Popular Phases (NC022) and Occasions (NC023)).

Next using brown ink I dragged the edge of my acrylic sheet across the ink pad and pressed in into the three remaining corners of the backing paper to distress/age  the edges even more.  I also added a brad to the three corners.

Once I was happy with the background card I inked up the body of the dragonfly, then decided which way I wanted the dragonfly to face and removed the ink from it's legs, one eye and one antenna (as shown below, the parts removed are shown in green) I find it easier to hold the stamp as if about to stamp it, to remove the ink, so that I can see what it will look like when stamped.

I then added two wings in blue ink to the top of the body so that the dragonfly looked to be side on.

To finish of the card I mounted the stamped card onto some pattered paper and attached string around the top left corner. I then matted this onto a  DL Kraft Craft card that opened at the side. I then added the inside   to the card (I forgot to take a pic!!!!) and secured it using string around the folding edge. Finally I went over the dragonfly with Glossy Accents to make sure he stood out!

I really enjoy working with the Build your own sets as there are no limits to what you can do!